diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5242b364..02bad4cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -199,27 +199,6 @@
           </links>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>process-test-resources</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <target>
-                <property name="deploy.dir" value="target" />
-                <ant antfile="${basedir}/build.xml">
-                  <target name="-test-rsrcs" />
-                </ant>
-              </target>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -228,6 +207,12 @@
           <includes>
             <include>com/threerings/**/*Test.java</include>
           </includes>
+          <!-- we have to skip these tests as they depend on resources being --
+            -- prepared which are too fiddly to get working via Maven -->
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>com/threerings/**/BundledComponentRepositoryTest.java</exclude>
+            <exclude>com/threerings/**/BundledTileSetRepositoryTest.java</exclude>
+          </excludes>
           <systemPropertyVariables>
             <resource_dir>target/test-classes/rsrc</resource_dir>
             <no_unpack_resources>true</no_unpack_resources>